Content Servers Unreachable no fix?

[danzo143]

I don't know where else to turn. I have already done every troubleshooting solution there is on this issue and none seem to work.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling steam several times.
I tried checking the proxy settings
I have checked DNS Settings
I have changed region download servers
I have deleted the downloads cache
I have restored my system back to a point where steam was working properly
I have no antivirus blocking steams connection
Windows firewall lists steam as an exception and allows connection
I have turned off windows firewall.
Only other symptom I have is that when signing into steam, it will come up with a network error, but trying a second time allows me to sign in. None of the games I try to reinstall or update even hop into the download list. I am at my wits end and am looking for anyone who may know of a solution.
Only further details about what happened is that When i tried to download controller configurations this morning, the client was always unable to download. Upon looking for solutions I saw someone post to uninstall steam and delete the registry files. After doing so and reinstalling steam this happened. All games are lost and I can't figure out any way to fix it.

EDIT: steam has no network connection whatsoever, however signing into the client works. Verifying identity does not, ex: ERROR there was an error communicating with steam servers. Please try again later. I can only assume this means something is keeping my steam client from having internet access, but this still happens even with firewall off and no programs conflicting with steam.

[K_rent]

İlk olarak Khârn tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Vipes tarafından gönderildi:

I found a fix, or rather a fix that worked for me. I ran Blackbird and let it do it's thing. Steam is now working as it should, everything is back to normal.
www.getblackbird.net

The fact this worked tells me Steam, let alone Valve was never the fault of this. The problem was caused by something Microsoft did. It may not work for you, but it worked for me.

Tried using this, when opening the file a small black window opens and flash a few tiems and then closes...doesn't do anything...

when you open it it should look like a command line window which then scans your system, and then after a while it'll prompt for any key press. Maybe try running as administrator? The readme text didn't have any similar known bug listed. That or blackbird is a windows only program which i'm assuming you are running. Google a bit and maybe something will pop up.

[Vipes]

It is indeed a Windows only program.

[babai]

using blackbird works, but that's a bit too much, good to diagnose that problem lies in windows, but would be good to narrow down. the updates or the host files or the telemetry tasks, and why would steam be affected now and not last month (in my case). latest rollup?

[♔NCMP♔]

So it is a window problem right?

[Vipes]

İlk olarak 𝓷𝓬𝓶𝓹 tarafından gönderildi:

So it is a window problem right?

Yes, most if not all people having these problems are on some type of version of Windows.

İlk olarak babai tarafından gönderildi:

using blackbird works, but that's a bit too much, good to diagnose that problem lies in windows, but would be good to narrow down. the updates or the host files or the telemetry tasks, and why would steam be affected now and not last month (in my case). latest rollup?

I agree, it's a bit too much and kills a few features I do use, but at least I can play my games now. It's curious that all of a sudden it is affected, almost as if something is blocking the servers Steam uses to login and download games.

[Arnold SWAGenegger]

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İlk olarak 𝓷𝓬𝓶𝓹 tarafından gönderildi:

So it is a window problem right?

Yes, most if not all people having these problems are on some type of version of Windows.

I am on Windows 7, my last Win update was 1 year ago, and I got that problem too, sometime I got it sometime not, go figure why, so not Windows related, at least for me.

[♔NCMP♔]

How can something block the friend list on the app but not anything else? I mean I can still connect to Valve server like connecting to an online match in csgo.

[ℭ𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔞𝔡𝔬 𝔍]

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[ai]

Still no solution to this yet? I still have this problem and it has been over almost a month now with no fix yet.

[Arnold SWAGenegger]

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Still no solution to this yet? I still have this problem and it has been over almost a month now with no fix yet.

So far 2 solutions seems to work for some people on Windows.

1) Start Windows on Safe Mode with Networking

2) Download https://www.getblackbird.net/

[Chris Solomon]

I wonder if this issue posted to the microsoft windows 10 1809 update history page has anything to do with the steam content server issues,

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4464619/windows-10-update-history

"February 11, 2019 12:45 PM PST



Windows Update customers were recently affected by a network infrastructure event caused by an external DNS service provider’s global outage. A software update to the external provider’s DNS servers resulted in the distribution of corrupted DNS records that affected connectivity to the Windows Update service. The DNS records were restored by January 30, 2019 (00:10 UTC), but downstream effects continued. We believe the issue to be fully mitigated because the majority of local Internet Service Providers (ISP) have refreshed their DNS servers and customer services have been restored. If you are still encountering download failures, please contact your local ISP.

While this was not an issue with Microsoft’s services, we take any service disruption for our customers seriously. We will work with partners to better understand this so we can provide higher quality service in the future even across diverse global network providers."

if people are still having issues, maybe their ISP has not ♥♥♥♥♥♥ the updated, uncorrupted DNS records yet? it might behoove everyone at this point to run these two commands from an elevated command prompt:

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns

it might help to run it once more, even if you have run it recently.

[K_rent]

İlk olarak babai tarafından gönderildi:

using blackbird works, but that's a bit too much, good to diagnose that problem lies in windows, but would be good to narrow down. the updates or the host files or the telemetry tasks, and why would steam be affected now and not last month (in my case). latest rollup?

This is from Blackbirds readme file. Its one or more of these things. I can't really turn my computer back and test these things myself (nor do i want to) individually.

## 03. WHAT BLACKBIRD DOES ##

- Disables OneDrive
- Disables Cortana
- Disables Bing-integration
- Disables Wi-Fi Sense
- Disables system-wide Windows/Office Telemetry on any Windows version/edition
- Disables all OS advertising (tips, pop-ups, suggested apps, etc.)
- Disables all Diagnostic-tracking / CEIP / Telemetry / Compatibility services, tasks and agents
- Disables web content evaluation / URL check-in ("SmartScreen")
- Disables Windows Media Online DRM
- Disables Windows P2P Update sharing
- Disables all AutoLoggers
- Disables Windows Error Reporting
- Disables Xbox Live services
- Prevents cross-device synchronization
- Prevents all location/contacts/handwritting/password sharing
- Prevents device meta-data collection
- Patches various data-leaks (IE/EDGE, Defender, Explorer, MRT, SMB)
- Removes Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA)
- Removes your unique Ad-ID tracking token and disables further Windows advertising profiling
- Removes GWX and all Windows 10 Upgrade triggers, icons, messages and other nagging
- Removes Windows 10 Upgrade setup files on Windows 7/8
- Removes a bunch of Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 telemetry updates (supports custom lists)
- Removes Superfish, eDellRoot, HP Touchpoint Analytics, VisualDiscovery and other security risks
- Blocks 300+ different tracking/telemetry/ad servers (supports IPv6/IPv4, multiple network interfaces, custom blocklists)
- Bonus blocks (some) Youtube, Skype, Facebook ads

[Zilla]

Just want to second (or fifth?) that blackbird worked for me too.

[Chris Solomon]

i wasn't going to comment on that list of what this blackbird program removes from windows, simply because i did feel like making the effort, but with more people saying they are using it to solve their issue, I felt i had to chime in. the list of stuff the that the software removes from windows 10, can and will potentially break windows 10. removing those features which are so tightly integrated with the OS, is not a good idea. some of the items can be turned off using the settings menu in windows. disabling Windows Genuine advantage is a definite No-No, do this and you will eventually end up with windows thinking that you are trying to pirate windows. but before that, windows update will stop working. I won;t go into why you should not disable any telemetry or diagnostic tracking that windows might send to Microsoft. Just remember your not contributing to a solution to the problem the next time your software or windows crashes., or when a piece hardwar estops working like it should after a driver update.. as for the P2P update sharing, you can just set it to share updates with devices only on your local network. If you have multiple devices that run the same build of windows, getting the updates for one device, will make the other devices potentially update quicker, as they will not have to download the updates from the internet.

Personally, I have keep my Surface Pro 5 up to date, and then the other win10 pc's i own get as much of the updates as they can from that device over the network. of course you can also tell windows to completely turn off the feature, with the no need to rely on other software at all. this feature is particularly handy when a feature update comes out for windows (a new windows build) as the update is usually pushed to my surface pro device first, before any other of my devices get access to the update.

[bly08]

Blackbird has not worked for me. I'm on Windows 8. Also switched ISP again recently, this time with IPv6. The only "solution" I've encountered in the past three months or so has been using the Google wifi at Starbucks...